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5 Σεπ 2023 · Just 36 places have been designated as biodiversity hotspots. Although they account for just 2.5% of the Earth’s surface, the forests, wetlands and other ecosystems in these hotspots are home to two billion people, including some of the world’s poorest.
The Earth is home to 1.2 million known species of plants and animals. However, these species are not evenly distributed. Conservationists have identified 36 “biodiversity hotspots,” which are both biologically rich and under severe threat from development and pollution.
8 Νοε 2024 · Mangrove ecosystems are vital biodiversity hotspots that protect millions of people and sequester significant carbon, storing up to five times more carbon per acre than rainforests. The Vida Manglar project in Colombia showcases a community-driven model that conserves 7,500 hectares of mangroves and reinvests 92% of carbon credit revenue back ...
22 Οκτ 2024 · Over the past 20 years, CMAR’s growing successes have seen it double in size, expanding from an initial five marine protected areas to 10 – a formidable cluster that includes renowned biodiversity hotspots such as Cocos Island and the Galapagos Islands and now spans some 2 million square kilometres of ocean.
17 Οκτ 2022 · The Biodiversity Intactness Index (BII) estimates how much of an area’s natural biodiversity remains, helping us to understand past, current and future changes to nature, write Andy Purvis, of London’s Natural History Museum and Samantha Hill, of the UN Environment Programme’s World Conservation Monitoring Centre.
22 Μαΐ 2020 · But biodiversity – the diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems – is declining globally, faster than at any other time in human history. The world’s 7.6 billion people represent just 0.01% of all living things by weight, but humanity has caused the loss of 83% of all wild mammals and half of all plants .
12 Δεκ 2022 · The Japanese archipelago, with its long, undulating terrain from north to south and wide range of climates, is a land of rich variety of living creatures and ecosystems on a global scale. But Japan has also been identified as one of the world's 36 biodiversity hotspots, an area where rich biodiversity is in danger of destruction. Japan's high ...
26 Μαΐ 2020 · That's one of the reasons why a team of scientists from 13 universities and institutions included the Sargasso Sea as one of 10 biodiversity hotspots in the high seas — areas of the ocean outside of national boundaries — that their research indicates should be considered for designation as marine protected areas.
21 Φεβ 2023 · The ground-breaking Kunming-Montréal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) was signed in December 2022 by 196 parties committed to halting biodiversity loss by 2030. After four years of negotiations, the GBF sets ambitious goals with 23 targets for the conservation and sustainable use of nature.
28 Φεβ 2020 · Peatlands play a huge role as carbon sinks and biodiversity hotspots. Centuries of depletion, either by drainage or peat extraction, have put them under huge risk. The damage can be reversed, as current projects demonstrate. We must regenerate damaged peatlands and save those that still exist today.
